SUVs set new record: more than half of all vehicle sales for first time

For the first time in more than 100 years of Australian automotive history, one in every two new vehicles sold is an SUV. Official sales figures for July 2020 released today by the Federal Chamber of Automotive Industries show SUVs – which includes soft-roaders, off-roaders, and ‘faux-wheel-drives’ – represented 50.4 per cent of the total mix of new vehicles sold.